Long Island Region President Nick LaMorte urges the Southampton Town Council to not balance the town budget on the backs of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)-represented workers.
Wantagh Library Unit members and members from the Nassau Municipal Employees Local demonstrated in front of the library to urge library board officials to settle a contract with Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)-represented library employees, who have been working without a contract for six months.
More than 80 educational support workers for the Potsdam School District recently turned out to protest a stalemate in their contract negotiations. The high cost of health care forced the workers to reject a district proposal that would have raised workers' out of pocket expenses. At the same time, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members are upset that they earn the lowest wages, but pay 13 percent higher premiums than district teachers.
Photo of the Month, January, 2010. Nurse Assistant Certified Sarah Kennedy, left, and Nurse Assistant Martina Donnelly lift a New York State Veterans Home at Oxford resident into his bed using one of the facility's new ceiling lifts. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members worked with CSEA's Occupational Safety and Health Department to urge the state to install the lifts in the new home. The lifts greatly reduce patient and worker injuries, reducing insurance costs for home operators.